Scientific method
1st step of scientific method
What is an observation or identifying a problem?
If I replace the battery in my car, then my car will get better gas mileage
Hypothesis
Astrobiologist- Science or pseudoscience
Science
What is the best method of minimizing scientific bias?
Double blinding
Why do scientists need to send results for peer review?
check for accuracy and bias
a correctly written hypothesis is written as an
what is an if/then statement?
The largest piece of fossilised dinosaur poo discovered is over 30cm long and over two litres in volume
Fact
Cryptozoology- science or pseudoscience
pseudoscience, but you can get a PhD in it
A pro of controlled experimental design (lab testing)
control of all variables
To test a new medicine, doctors gave 10 patients the medicine and 10 patients a sugar pill. The sugar pill group is a
control group
The last step of the scientific method
What is communication or publishing findings?
a large extraterrestrial object collided with the Earth, its impact throwing up enough dust to cause the climatic change, killing the dinosaurs
Hypothesis, the Alvarez hypothesis
Agnoiology- science or pseudoscience
science, study of ignorance and what is unknowable
environment is accurate and realistic
making sure the same amount of rain fell on both MythBusters in the "running or walking" test is an example of this variable
control variable
used to test a hypothesis
what is an experiment?
Einstein said that space and time are not absolutes
Theory
Alchemy was not able to provide any _____________ that it was possible
evidence,
A con of natural experimental design
hard to witness phenomena, can't control all variables
If you study longer for the test, then you will get a better grade. The independent variable is _________
Before trying to turn urine into gold, a modern scientist could avoid looking foolish if he completes the 2nd step of the scientific method.
What is research?
States the planets orbit the sun elliptically
Law, Kepler's first law
The divorce rate in Maine being showing a correlation with consumed margarine does not mean there is a _____________
causation
A con of controlled experimental design (lab testing)
environments are difficult or impossible to recreate
When launching a mentos in Coca-Cola rocket to see how far it will fly, the dependent variable would be
how far it would fly